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Kosal, Erica; Lawrence, Carol; Austin, Rodney – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2010
An interdisciplinary and context-driven course focused on global water issues was developed and taught at the college level. Students designed a semester-long research project, collected and analyzed data, and ultimately presented their results and conclusions to the larger community. As a result of the course, students' science literacy improved…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Scientific Literacy, Integrated Curriculum, Biology
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Reynolds, Julie A.; Ahern-Dodson, Jennifer – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2010
Research service-learning (RSL) is an emerging pedagogy in which students engage in research within a service-learning context. This approach has great potential to promote science literacy because it teaches students how to use scientific knowledge and scientific ways of thinking in the service of society and helps them to better appreciate the…
Descriptors: Scientific Literacy, Service Learning, Scientific Research, Student Research